I am wondering why plants kept in vegetation (18+ hours light or even 24/7 light) over 90 days but are NOT allowed to flower or bud out (since we wont be needing those in the juicing context) would lose their levels of cannabadiol (CBD) concentrations?
My husband was also given a recomendation by a compassionate doctor so we can grow a total of 24 "immature" plants (legally) between us at the same time. Here in Calaveras County, the head of the Narcotics Division said that his definition (and his is the one that counts here) of "immature" is where the plants do not display any mature sticky buds...they are nowhere ready for harvesting. If we did let them bud out then we can only have a total of 12 plants between the two of us...or else he said to go back to the doctor and have him specify an exact number of plants needed for juicing written on the recommendation...not to exceed 99.
Twenty four vegetating plants might yield enough for daily juicing if the quantity of juice needed could be reduced by way of an alternate (better) delivery into the blood stream. That is why it is important for those who wish to juice their cannabis and who have no other means of getting additional fresh leaves on a regular basis to figure out the best way for delivery. I have only heard of orally, butt am wondering why the colon has not been a consideration for this as of yet (until it was just mentioned here recently by another poster).
Incidently, for those who use green tea (EGCG) as a treatment for many types of cancer, there are now EGCG suppositories available (expensive since made by a company and because you would need two of these @ 400 mg each a day). When taken orally, 90% of egcg is "lost" enroute to the blood stream because of stomach acids and liver processing, but 90% IS absorbed via colon. These suppositories can easily be made at home instead by using virgin coconut oil and opening and mixing capsules of powdered concentrates...then refrigerating as many as you feel like making. Powerful and easy.
So this led me to think of possibly using enema's for the delivery of (nonpsychoactive) cannabis juice instead, but need to talk to Dr. Courtney to see if there would be any reason that the colon would not be an acceptable place for the greater absorption of cannabis...this would greatly cut down the amount of cannabis juice needed.
Another thing for your consideration, if you are fortunate enough to get extra trim leaves from someone who grows organically, go ahead and juice them while they are fresh...then freeze it in ice cube trays for the times when there are not enough plants to use...just do not use heat to defrost them.
The other thing I am wondering is this...if CBD's are the most important factors for the success of cannabis to effectually produce healing by way of juicing (according to Dr. Courtney), then why does Rick Simpson place such an importance on high levels of THC (he can't be thinking of the nonpsychoactive THC-A since the heat he requires converts that to THC, and he ignores CBD's) when making "his" ingestable oil? Which is it? How can both of these "formulas" heal cancers since they are both so different? Here is a wild thought...could it be the plant chlorophylls that heal?
If 40 grams of leaves produce 9cc's of juice, that is equal to just a third of an ounce...the recommended oral dose according to Dr. Courtney. That is such a small dose, suitable for an "easy to tolerate" enema which would be easier than trying to build up to a gram of Simpson's oil which has all the CBD's destroyed by heating anyway. Some of us need to function and keep our brains sharp during the day at least...which the Simpson oil rules out (contrary to what he says)....because some of us are not tokers and never have been...nor do we have a toleration built up which could take months to do while still trying to function.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
My husband was also given a recomendation by a compassionate doctor so we can grow a total of 24 "immature" plants (legally) between us at the same time. Here in Calaveras County, the head of the Narcotics Division said that his definition (and his is the one that counts here) of "immature" is where the plants do not display any mature sticky buds...they are nowhere ready for harvesting. If we did let them bud out then we can only have a total of 12 plants between the two of us...or else he said to go back to the doctor and have him specify an exact number of plants needed for juicing written on the recommendation...not to exceed 99.
Twenty four vegetating plants might yield enough for daily juicing if the quantity of juice needed could be reduced by way of an alternate (better) delivery into the blood stream. That is why it is important for those who wish to juice their cannabis and who have no other means of getting additional fresh leaves on a regular basis to figure out the best way for delivery. I have only heard of orally, butt am wondering why the colon has not been a consideration for this as of yet (until it was just mentioned here recently by another poster).
Incidently, for those who use green tea (EGCG) as a treatment for many types of cancer, there are now EGCG suppositories available (expensive since made by a company and because you would need two of these @ 400 mg each a day). When taken orally, 90% of egcg is "lost" enroute to the blood stream because of stomach acids and liver processing, but 90% IS absorbed via colon. These suppositories can easily be made at home instead by using virgin coconut oil and opening and mixing capsules of powdered concentrates...then refrigerating as many as you feel like making. Powerful and easy.
So this led me to think of possibly using enema's for the delivery of (nonpsychoactive) cannabis juice instead, but need to talk to Dr. Courtney to see if there would be any reason that the colon would not be an acceptable place for the greater absorption of cannabis...this would greatly cut down the amount of cannabis juice needed.
Another thing for your consideration, if you are fortunate enough to get extra trim leaves from someone who grows organically, go ahead and juice them while they are fresh...then freeze it in ice cube trays for the times when there are not enough plants to use...just do not use heat to defrost them.
The other thing I am wondering is this...if CBD's are the most important factors for the success of cannabis to effectually produce healing by way of juicing (according to Dr. Courtney), then why does Rick Simpson place such an importance on high levels of THC (he can't be thinking of the nonpsychoactive THC-A since the heat he requires converts that to THC, and he ignores CBD's) when making "his" ingestable oil? Which is it? How can both of these "formulas" heal cancers since they are both so different? Here is a wild thought...could it be the plant chlorophylls that heal?
If 40 grams of leaves produce 9cc's of juice, that is equal to just a third of an ounce...the recommended oral dose according to Dr. Courtney. That is such a small dose, suitable for an "easy to tolerate" enema which would be easier than trying to build up to a gram of Simpson's oil which has all the CBD's destroyed by heating anyway. Some of us need to function and keep our brains sharp during the day at least...which the Simpson oil rules out (contrary to what he says)....because some of us are not tokers and never have been...nor do we have a toleration built up which could take months to do while still trying to function.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
